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Headband for External Occipital Neurostimulation

a headband and external occipital technology, applied in the field of external neurostimulation, can solve the problems of inability to replicate the usual occipital implantable neurostimulator, the inability to use supra-orbital neurostimulation to treat occipital neuralgia, and the technical complexity of external occipital neurostimulation, so as to reduce the invention constructively to the practice

Active Publication Date: 2013-10-24
ORSAN MEDICAL TECH
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The invention is designed to prevent electrical contact between unused snap fasteners in the front part and the user's head in the covering region. This helps to improve safety and reduce the risk of injury when using the invention.

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Of course the implantable neurostimulators need surgery to be implanted and generate several problems linked to the invasive aspect of the technique.
Consequently supra-orbital neurostimulation cannot be used to treat occipital neuralgia and cannot replicate the usual occipital implantable neurostimulator.
In addition external occipital neurostimulation is technically very complicated because of the hair present in the occipital region as compared with the smooth skin of the supra-orbital region.

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[0049]Four main parts are involved in this invention:[0050]electrode technology: use of gel that goes through a metallic grid;[0051]electrodes positioning: correct positioning obtained easily on the back of the skull;[0052]adjustable device: system foreseen to adapt to different headsizes;[0053]contact with a wearable device: the system can be used with the Cefaly® device.

[0054]The invention is basically a headband that enables electrical contact between a neurostimulator and the back of the skull.

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[0055]To avoid that someone has to shave the hair on the back of the skull, where the electrodes should contact the skin, the electrodes are made of high viscosity conductive gel. This gel can go through the hair, enabling a good contact with the skin. The gel should be spread on the right part of the skull. To adequately place the gel on the head, the user puts the gel first in a small reservoir 1 located on the headband (FIG. 1). The reservoir 1 is made of a container...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a headband for use in neurostimulation made at least partly of elastic or stretch material comprising:a hole (2) to be located directly on the rear part of the scalp (8) of a user, said hole being sized to fit the inion or occipital protuberantia;at least two electrodes (1) directly attached to the headband and positioned adjacent to and symmetric about said hole (2, designed so that to be applied on the right and left branch of the occipital nerve (7) respectively, once the inion is put in correspondence with said hole (2) by the user;a connector (6A) for connecting a wearable neurostimulator (6) to the headband, said connector (6A) being located opposite to said hole (2), once the headband is worn by the user andmeans coupled to the elastic or stretch material for electrically connecting said connector (6A) and each of said electrodes (1).

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This patent application is a continuation of PCT / EP2011 / 054072, filed Mar. 17, 2011, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 422,535, filed Dec. 13, 2010, the entire teachings and disclosure of which are incorporated herein by reference thereto.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to devices pertaining to the technical field of external neurostimulation.PRIOR ART AND TECHNICAL PROBLEM[0003]Neurostimulation is a well-known technique which consists in using electrical impulses to generate action potential on nerves. The devices are usually implantable systems similar to pacemakers.[0004]Implantable neurostimulation is in use for treatment of headaches as migraine or cluster. It does exist for more than 10 years in the United States. The usual implantable neurostimulation technique consists in a neurostimulation applied to the occipital nerve.[0005]Of course the implantable neurostimulators need surg...

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IPC IPC(8): A61N1/04
CPCA61N1/0484A61N1/0456A61N1/36014
Inventor MIGNOLET, JEAN-YVESMULLER, PIERRE-YVESRIGAUX, PIERRE
Owner ORSAN MEDICAL TECH
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